“This was the beginning of the fairy tale, he thought…”
— Assassination Scene, Jason Atkinson
Welcome to The Fiction Desk
We are short story publishers, devoted to encouraging and promoting short story writing. Our regular anthologies of new short fiction feature a diverse range of established award-winning authors and newcomers, all brought together by the love of a well-written short story.
Most of the short stories we publish might loosely be considered 'general' or 'literary' fiction, but we regularly feature ghost stories and some science fiction.
To find out more about what we do, check out our latest anthologies below.
Our anthologies
Our latest anthology of new short stories is New Ghost Stories IV. It's a special volume dedicated to the supernatural, and features stories by authors including Alastair Chisholm, Jo Gatford, Cindy George, and Matt Plass. It's available to order now.
(Our previous volumes, Somewhere This Way and Houses Borders Ghosts, feature short stories in a wider selection of genres, and are also available now.)
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Send us your work
We publish short stores by new and established writers, from the UK and around the world. If you'd like to send us your work for potential publication, start by checking out one of our anthologies. Then, if you think we'd be a good fit for your stories, take a look at our short story submission guidelines. You might also want to keep an eye on our annual ghost story submission call, which runs every winter.
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This Spring at The Fiction Desk
Information on The Fiction Desk's spring submission call for new short stories.
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Revisiting Houses Borders Ghosts
A look back at the stories we featured in our fourteenth anthology.
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Our annual ghost story submission call is open now!
The Fiction Desk's annual ghost story submission call is now open.
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Jo Gatford wins the Fiction Desk Writer’s Award
Jo Gatford won the award for her story Yellow Rock, which appeared in New Ghost Stories IV
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And He Shall Appear: novel coming from Kate van der Borgh
Fiction Desk regular Kate van der Borgh will publish her debut novel in 2024.
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Submission opportunities this winter at The Fiction Desk
The latest short story submission calls here at The Fiction Desk.